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By Anne Sherman A little time spent now can save hours of work later. Imagine the scene – you have been researching your family history for years, and you finally share it with a member of your family, who turns around and says “but John did not marry Jane, he married Elizabeth!” OK so now…

By Roccie Hill What states are included in southern genealogy tactics? If your roots are in the South, you may be from one of the fifteen states that are often considered to be part of this region. In addition to the obvious ones in the Deep South, that list might include Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.…

By Jeanne Rollberg Boo! The commercialized Halloween holiday in the United States reminds us of costume parties, spooks, goblins, spiders’ webs, witches, skeletons and cemeteries. Usually shortly after Halloween, countries all over the world – from Germany to Sweden to Latin American countries’ Dia de los Muertos – celebrate ancestors’ lives with multiple-day events, many…

By Jeanne Rollberg Click here to read more, and learn the context of this post, American President and Presidential Libraries: Their Genealogy and Yours! (Part 1)! In the first part of a series on presidential libraries, we identified some of the reasons that they are fascinating repositories to explore if a family is connected either…

By Jeanne Rollberg When a new President of the United States takes office on January 20 every four years, the entire world notices: He is considered the most important secular newsmaker on the planet. But did you know that the president leaving office, such as President Barack Obama this year, is likely establishing a presidential…

By Marge Bitetti October is a month filled with pumpkins. They seem to be everywhere. It is fairly easy to see pumpkin patches in most neighborhoods. Autumn also brings crisp sweater weather, pumpkin desserts, spiced pumpkin coffee beverages and even pumpkin beers and ales. The smells of pumpkin pies baking in the oven can trigger…

By Jeanne Rollberg If genealogy could ever be measured in research hours or impact on the economy, the results might astound us. We may know about the hundreds of hours we’ve personally spent chasing hidden ancestors, but do we realize that four-fifths of us in America and many millions of people in other countries visit…

By Rachel Silverman Seven years ago, I embarked on the search for my great grandmother’s family history. I knew they were from a town in the Russian Pale of Settlement called Lanivtsy, which is within the borders of modern-day Ukraine. The family was Jewish and spoke the local dialects of Yiddish and Russian. They were…

Every Story is Unique We are very proud to announce the coming launch of our newest product, FourBears Books. We are creating customizable children’s books that commemorate the life and legacy of a loved one. Simply share information with us about the individual whom you’d like the book to be about, and we take care…

By Marge Bitetti If your ancestors are Italian, how much do you know about your relatives and your heritage? For years the common greetings for two Italians who meet for the first time typically is, “What part of Italy do your people come from?” This is also a typical and necessary question for anyone starting…

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